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–noun 1. the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise. 2. the beginning of this period; nightfall. 3. the darkness of night; the dark; black as night. 4. a condition or time of obscurity, ignorance, sinfulness, misfortune, etc.: the long night of European history known as the Dark Ages. 5. (sometimes initial capital letter) an evening used or set aside for a particular event, celebration, or other special purpose: a night on the town; poker night; New Year's Night. –adjective 6. of or pertaining to night: the night hours. 7. occurring, appearing, or seen at night: a night raid; a night bloomer. 8. used or designed to be used at night: to take a night coach; the night entrance. 9. working at night: night nurse; the night shift. 10. active at night: the night feeders of the jungle. —Idiom 11. night and day, unceasingly; continually: She worked night and day until the job was done.
–adjective 1. lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it. 2. characterized by absence of light; enveloped in darkness: a black night. 3. (sometimes initial capital letter) a. pertaining or belonging to any of the various populations characterized by dark skin pigmentation, specifically the dark-skinned peoples of Africa, Oceania, and Australia. b. African-American. 4. soiled or stained with dirt: That shirt was black within an hour. 5. gloomy; pessimistic; dismal: a black outlook. 6. deliberately; harmful; inexcusable: a black lie. 7. boding ill; sullen or hostile; threatening: black words; black looks. 8. (of coffee or tea) without milk or cream. 9. without any moral quality or goodness; evil; wicked: His black heart has concocted yet another black deed. 10. indicating censure, disgrace, or liability to punishment: a black mark on one's record. 11. marked by disaster or misfortune: black areas of drought; Black Friday. 12. wearing black or dark clothing or armor: the black prince. 13. based on the grotesque, morbid, or unpleasant aspects of life: black comedy; black humor. 14. (of a check mark, flag, etc.) done or written in black to indicate, as on a list, that which is undesirable, sub-standard, potentially dangerous, etc.: Pilots put a black flag next to the ten most dangerous airports. 15. illegal or underground: The black economy pays no taxes. 16. showing a profit; not showing any losses: the first black quarter in two years. 17. deliberately false or intentionally misleading: black propaganda. 18. British. boycotted, as certain goods or products by a trade union. 19. (of steel) in the form in which it comes from the rolling mill or forge; unfinished. –noun 20. the color at one extreme end of the scale of grays, opposite to white, absorbing all light incident upon it. 21. (sometimes initial capital letter) a. a member of any of various dark-skinned peoples, esp. those of Africa, Oceania, and Australia. b. African-American. 22. black clothing, esp. as a sign of mourning: He wore black at the funeral. 23. Chess, Checkers. the dark-colored men or pieces or squares. 24. black pigment: lamp black. 25. Slang. black beauty. 26. a horse or other animal that is entirely black. –verb (used with object) 27. to make black; put black on; blacken. 28. British. to boycott or ban. 29. to polish (shoes, boots, etc.) with blacking. –verb (used without object) 30. to become black; take on a black color; blacken. –adverb 31. (of coffee or tea) served without milk or cream.
–adjective 1. of the color of pure snow, of the margins of this page, etc.; reflecting nearly all the rays of sunlight or a similar light. 2. light or comparatively light in color. 3. (of human beings) marked by slight pigmentation of the skin, as of many Caucasoids. 4. for, limited to, or predominantly made up of persons whose racial heritage is Caucasian: a white club; a white neighborhood. 5. pallid or pale, as from fear or other strong emotion: white with rage. 6. silvery, gray, or hoary: white hair. 7. snowy: a white Christmas. 8. lacking color; transparent. 9. (politically) ultraconservative. 10. blank, as an unoccupied space in printed matter: Fill in the white space below. 11. Armor. composed entirely of polished steel plates without fabric or other covering; alwite. 12. wearing white clothing: a white monk. 13. Slang. decent, honorable, or dependable: That's very white of you. 14. auspicious or fortunate. 15. morally pure; innocent. 16. without malice; harmless: white magic. 17. (of wines) light-colored or yellowish, as opposed to red. 18. British. (of coffee) containing milk. –noun 19. a color without hue at one extreme end of the scale of grays, opposite to black. A white surface reflects light of all hues completely and diffusely. Most so-called whites are very light grays: fresh snow, for example, reflects about 80 percent of the incident light, but to be strictly white, snow would have to reflect 100 percent of the incident light. It is the ultimate limit of a series of shades of any color. 20. a hue completely desaturated by admixture with white, the highest value possible. 21. quality or state of being white. 22. lightness of skin pigment. 23. a person whose racial heritage is Caucasian. 24. a white material or substance. 25. the white part of something. 26. Biology. a pellucid viscous fluid that surrounds the yolk of an egg; albumen. 27. the white part of the eyeball: He has a speck in the white of his eye. 28. whites, a. white or nearly white clothing. b. top-grade white flour. 29. white wine: Graves is a good white. 30. a type or breed that is white in color. 31. Usually, whites. a blank space in printing. 32. (initial capital letter) a hog of any of several breeds having a white coat, as a Chester White. 33. Entomology. any of several white-winged butterflies of the family Pieridae, as the common cabbage butterflies. 34. white fabric. 35. Archery. a. the outermost ring of the butt. b. an arrow that hits this portion of the butt.
the central part of the butt or target, formerly painted white but now painted gold or yellow.
d. Archaic. a target painted white.36. Chess, Checkers. the men or pieces that are light-colored. 37. (often initial capital letter) a member of a royalist, conservative, or reactionary political party. –verb (used with object) 38. Printing. a. to make white by leaving blank spaces (often fol. by out). b. to whiten (areas of artwork) in retouching preparatory to photoengraving (often fol. by out).
39. Archaic. to make white; whiten.
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13. Slang. decent, honorable, or dependable: That's very white of you.
uhh...hm..if someone said 'that's very white of you' to me, i'd be more inclined to think they were calling me a "honky"!
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You could've done any easy one and just gone with AC/DC's "Back in Black" haha. Glad you chose this nice Squeeze song!
This was one of the first Squeeze songs I ever heard...I fell for them hard, and have loved them ever since. Nice post.